117 E. Walnut Street - Chilhowee Historic District - Chilhowee, Missouri - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

This 1907-constructed, two-story rectangular brick building was Murphy Bros. Hardware in ca. 1910. Dentist C. R. Stephens occupied an upstairs office at that time. During the teens, it became the John L. Wright Hardware Co. A switchboard for one of Chilhowee's two telephone companies was upstairs. The parapet contains a corbeled brick cornice with a pattern of recessed crosses. Two projecting courses provide additional embellishment. Second floor windows have dentilated projecting segmental arches and concrete lugsills. The lower storefront has unusual round-cornered pilasters of brick and coffered scuff panels. The east half of the storefront is recessed with a double-leaf main entrance adjacent to a single doorway leading upstairs. Each of these entrances is transomed. With its original metal awning, this is a superior example of an early 20th century commercial building. Integrity is retained.